Bias is a strange thing. It can be overt and obvious; but usually it’s extremely subtle and barely detectable. At other times, the dynamics of self-deception completely prevent us from [...]
Premier MacLauchlan recently announced two major projects: A fibre-optic backbone; and an expansion of home-care health services. I wonder if Islanders realize MacLauchlan – and two other premiers – [...]
To be effective, whistle-blower legislation requires an arms-length process that protects workers from reprisals for reporting government wrong-doing. Everyone understands that; except, apparently, Premier MacLauchlan. The Premier designed the Public Interest [...]
Premier MacLauchlan continually equates good economic news with an expanding Gross Domestic Product (GDP). But since the GDP only values certain types of economic activity, it presents a fundamentally distorted [...]
STEP 1: “Admitted we were powerless over failed PNP deposits, and that our deficit and debt had become unmanageable.” “James Aylward, the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, says it’s [...]